Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626)

And as for Mixed Mathematics, I may only make this prediction, that there cannot fail to be more kinds of them, as nature grows further disclosed.

Advancement of Learning book 2; De Augmentis book 3.

Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)

On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

Babbage, Charles (1792-1871)

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.